JACKALOPIAN RECONSTRUCTIVE COSMOLOGY

COSMOLOGY IS DEFINED IN "The American Heritage Dictionary" AS FOLLOWS: 1. The study of the physical universe considered as a totality of phenomena in time and space. 2.(a.) The astrophysical study of the history, structure, and constituent dynamics of the universe. (b.) A specific theory or model of this structure and these dynamics. DEFINITION 2.(b.) WOULD (IN OUR OPINION) READ MORE ACCURATELY AS FOLLOWS; A "metaphysical" or specific theory or model of this structure and these dynamics. THE SPECIAL CREATION OR EVOLUTIONARY WORLD VIEWS OF THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE AND COSMOLOGY ARE "METAPHYSICAL" IN THAT NO ONE WAS THERE TO OBSERVE WHETHER EITHER VIEW IS TRUE OR FALSE. THE "METAPHYSICAL" COSMOLOGICAL WORLD VIEW OF SPECIAL CREATION STATES THAT; IN THE "RECENT PAST" THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE WAS CREATED, INSTANTANIOUSLY, BY AN ALL POWERFUL, PURPOSEFUL CREATOR. AT THAT TIME,THIS VIEW STATES, THE 1st LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS (NOTHING IS BEING CREATED OR DESTROYED) WAS ESTABLISHED. SOON AFTER THAT THE 2nd LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS (EVERYTHING DEVOLVES FROM ORDER TO DISORDER) WAS IMPOSED UPON THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE. THE FIRST STATEMENT IN THIS VIEW CANNOT BE VERIFIED OR FALSIFIED BY EMPIRICAL SCIENTIFIC METHODS. THE 1st & 2nd LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS ARE WELL ESTABLISHED, EMPIRICALLY VERIFIED LAWS OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE. THE "METAPHYSICAL" COSMOLOGICAL WORLD VIEW OF EVOLUTION STATES THAT; IN THE "DISTANT PAST" THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE MATERIALIZED, INSTANTANIOUSLY, BY A VERY POWERFUL, RANDOM / CHANCE EXPLOSION. AT THAT TIME TO THE PRESENT,THIS VIEW STATES, THEORETICAL EVODYNAMICS (EVERYTHING IS IN THE PROCESS OF MATERIALIZING OR REMATERIALIZING AND IS EVOLVING UPWARD FROM RANDOM / CHANCE DISORDER TO RANDOM / CHANCE ORDER) IS AN ONGOING PROCESS. THE FIRST STATEMENT IN THIS VIEW CANNOT BE VERIFIED OR FALSIFIED BY EMPIRICAL SCIENTIFIC METHODS. AS FOR "THEORETICAL EVODYNAMICS," THIS TOO HAS NOT BEEN EMPIRICALLY VERIFIED BY SCIENTIFIC METHODS AND THEREFORE IS A "METAPHYSICALLY HELD BELIEF," NOT AN "EMPIRICAL FACT OF SCIENCE." IT IS NOTHING MORE THAN UNOBSERVED CONJECTURE! SO WHY DO THE MAJORITY OF ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL SCIENTISTS EMBRACE THIS EMPIRICALLY UNQUALIFIED COSMOLOGICAL WORLD VIEW? COULD IT BE THAT IT'S THE FOUNDATION OF THEIR "METAPHYSICAL," MACRO-EVOLUTIONARY RELIGION?? COULD IT ALSO BE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THESE SCIENTISTS ARE INDOCTRINATED AND PROFESSIONALLY INTIMIDATED, THROUGHOUT THEIR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL CAREERS, INTO EMBRACING THIS WORLD VIEW??? IN OUR EXPERIENCE, MOST OF THESE SCIENTISTS FALL INTO ONE OF TWO CATEGORIES. 1. THEY ARE INTOLERANT, DOGMATIC, AND SELF-AGGRANDIZING EVOLUTIONARY ZEALOTS. 2. THEY ARE SELF-SERVING, ACADEMICALLY NON-CONFRONTATIONAL AND INTELLECTUALLY TIMID AS CONCERNS TRUE ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN SCIENCE. Return to Contents